2010 Halloween Howl

2010 Halloween Howl Dragon Boat Invitational

Costume Race and After Party

Lake Merritt Boat House, Oakland, CA

Sunday October 31st, 2010

Bay Area Competitive and Novice Division Race Information & Registration

Hosted by the Renegades Dragon Boat Team

info@oaklandrenegades.org

Race Director: Michael O’Meara
momeara2@ix.netcom.com
510-469-8687

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Why We Howl

The Halloween Howl is an opportunity for the established and the newer dragon boat community to share a day of racing, food and fun and to get to know each other a little better in the process.

Who’s Howling

The Renegades Dragon Boat Team puts on two races at the Lake Merritt each year, the Halloween Howl in October and the Spring Charity Fundraiser in May. Both events are a chance for established Bay Area teams to get in some more racing without having to travel very far and at an affordable price. If you’re a new or novice team, these races are a great chance to practice your sport, compete against similar crews and rub shoulders with some of the salty, long time paddlers. Also, if you’ve been contemplating transitioning into a full time club, participating in fun and affordable races is an excellent way to help make that happen. Our goal is to help grow the sport in the Bay Area.

What’s To Howl About

6:45 AM Arrive at the Lake Merritt Boat House and set up the Paddler’s Village.
7:30 AM The Cafe du Renegades will open and feed all paddlers from all the teams a home made breakfast with coffee, hot soup, baked goods, boiled eggs, juices, pastries and a bunch of other stuff. The breakfast is included in your fee.
8:15 Captain’s meeting. Bring the waivers for all of your paddlers.
8:30 – 12:00 Main body of racing for both competitive and novice divisions.
12:00 – 12:45 The cafe will reopen for a communal pot luck. We’re asking all teams to bring dishes to share. At 11:00 start dropping off your pot luck dishes at the cafe. Our staff will set up and serve the lunch buffet style.
12:45 – 2:00 Competitive and novice finals and novice specialty races.
2:00 Break down the Paddlers Village and pack up your stuff because now it’s party time!
2:30 – 5:30 After party upstairs in the boat house banquet room which is also included in your race fees. There will be a quick awards ceremony where our one of a kind trophies will be passed out to the victorious and then two live bands will rock the house. If you’ve been waiting to spring your Halloween costume on everybody, this is your moment. Beer and wine tickets will be available for a donation.

Howling Good Entertainment

Trivalve is an instrumental surfer boy band and will have you up off your butt pads and dancing in no time.
What can I say about the Violent Strokes…….that the police haven’t already alerted the community to?

Race Divisions and Specialty Races

Competitive Division

  • Mixed
    Mixed crews with 20 paddlers should be comprised of a minimum of 8 women.
  • Men’s
    Men’s crews can be any combination of men and women.
  • Women’s
    Women’s better be all women as Alvaro will be checking under the hood.
  • Master’s
    Master’s are over the age of 40.
  • Back Paddle Sprint (250 Meters)

Novice Division

  • Mixed Teams Only
  • Back Paddle Sprint (250 meters)

For the back paddle sprints paddlers will turn around in their seats at the dock.

Race Specs

  • We’ll be racing in the heavy 6/16 boats, the 2 we have and 2 identical boats that we’re borrowing from the generous and supportive folks at JLAC.
  • The races will all be 500 meters except the Specialty Races.
  • Trophies will be awarded to the first, second and third place finishers in each division at the beginning of the after party in the upstairs banquet room.

Parking

The City of Oakland charges $5 to enter the park on weekends. There will be ample parking at 6:45 AM on race day along the main road thru the park and in the small parking lot next to the boat house. Carpooling however, is advised.

Unloading/Loading

It’s best to park along the main road as close as possible to the boat house and unload from there as the small lot next to the boat house will fill up quickly.

Registration

The deadline for submitting your registration forms and payment for the Halloween Howl is Wednesday, October 27th. You must pre-pay for this event as we aren’t allowed to collect fees on the race site.
Please fill out the registration form on the following page and mail it in with your payment. Make your checks out to the Renegades Dragon Boat Team and mail to:
Renegades
P.O. Box 10410
Oakland, CA 94610
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Fees

The fee for the day of racing, breakfast and entry to the after party is $20 per paddler (beer and wine is available for a donation). For youth teams, the fee is $10 per paddler. Refunds will be given in full if notification is given before the October 27th registration deadline. No refund will be given after that date.

Waivers

Each paddler must fill out a City of Oakland Parks Department Waiver below. It is a two page form but only fill in the information under item #2 on the first page and then sign it on the signature line on the second page. Please staple both pages of each waiver together. Bring all of your teams waivers to the captain’s meeting at 8:15 AM on race day.

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